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“I have not seen prices drop as much as you would have expected based on the fact that cost of fuel and transportation for foods have come down,” French said as she rolled a shopping cart full of sacks out of a Kansas City supermarket.

“I would hope to see some change, but I don’t really expect it,” French said. “The mercenary quality of retail, once prices go up they tend to come down a little bit but not as much as they should.”

To be sure, food prices have outpaced overall consumer inflation in recent months.